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scaphoid

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scaphoid /scaph·oid/ (skaf´oid)
1. boat-shaped.
2. scaphoid bone
scaph·oid (skfoid)
adj.
Shaped like a boat; hollow.
n.
See navicular.
scaphoid
[skaf′oid]
Etymology: Gk, skaphe, skiff, eidos, form
boat-shaped, such as the scaphoid bone of the wrist.
scaphoid
1. shaped like a boat.
2. radial carpal bone. See Table 10.
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